34 Hospitalized When Overcome By Perfume

At first, fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other poisonous fumes might have sickened almost 150 people at a Fort Worth bank call center.

What they learned was they were fallen by perfume.

MedStar ambulance spokeswoman Lara Kohl says 34 people weretaken to hospitals, 12 by ambulance, after reporting dizziness andshortness of breath at the Bank of America call center. She saysanother 110 were treated at the scene and released.

A worker told a fire investigator that two co-workers became ill after someone sprayed on perfume. When a supervisor announced on the office intercom that those feeling ill should leave, dozens did - including some from other floors.

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